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🚀 We are live! Here is the correct streaming link for all of today's discussions and performances, starting with a panel on complex time with David Krakauer, James Gleick, Ted Chiang, and David Wolpert in a few moments (measured linearly...):
#IPFest
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"One of the ideas we had with #InterPlanetary was, 'What would it take to make science hedonistic? And instead of telling people to do it, you'd have to tell people to STOP doing it?"
- SFI President David Krakauer sets the tone for this weekend's celebrations
#IPFest
- SFI President David Krakauer sets the tone for this weekend's celebrations
#IPFest
David Krakauer: "Do you have a favorite model or metaphor for #time?"
@JamesGleick: "You've already mentioned a river; that's everybody's favorite. Borges said time is a tiger. People talk about it as a thread. We ONLY talk about time in metaphors."
@JamesGleick: "You've already mentioned a river; that's everybody's favorite. Borges said time is a tiger. People talk about it as a thread. We ONLY talk about time in metaphors."
1-Today is the #Birth #Anniversary of quite possibly the most interesting #God in the #Sanatana #Pantheon - #Ganehsa!
For #AyurvedicAstrology and #VedicAstrology #Tradition in general – Ganesha is the central #God controlling all the #Planets.
For #AyurvedicAstrology and #VedicAstrology #Tradition in general – Ganesha is the central #God controlling all the #Planets.
2-The Puja timings at most places today in #India are between 11 and 1 during the day.
No tradition is as rich in #Mythical #Symbolism (that if properly meditated upon – can point to the reality) – as the Vedic Tradition.
No tradition is as rich in #Mythical #Symbolism (that if properly meditated upon – can point to the reality) – as the Vedic Tradition.
3-According to the #Vedic Traditions of #Yoga, #Vastu, #Ayurveda and #Jyotish
..the following are the #Metaphors and #Allegories associated with #Ganesha
..the following are the #Metaphors and #Allegories associated with #Ganesha
Of interest: "How Pandemics Past and Present Fuel the Rise of Large Companies"
#WEF #greatreset #digitalization, #IoT, #BlockChain #5G #NewDealForNature
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#WEF #greatreset #digitalization, #IoT, #BlockChain #5G #NewDealForNature
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"There has been a clear spike in #online shopping, and #retail #analysts are wondering whether this is a #decisive #move into the #virtual world, and the further #dominance of big #corporations."
Please tell the analysts that the answer is yes.
Please tell the analysts that the answer is yes.
"Keeping us distracted as we wait at home for our parcels is the streaming #entertainment industry – a market sector which is dominated by big corporations including #Netflix, #Amazon Prime (again), #Disney and and others."
Wisdom of #Aphorisms & #Metaphors (A&M)-
There is a lot of nuanced interpretation in A&Ms. They have contextual inferences. Often, on a stand alone basis, they give an incomplete picture and one needs to look at the context & the larger picture in which they are applicable...
There is a lot of nuanced interpretation in A&Ms. They have contextual inferences. Often, on a stand alone basis, they give an incomplete picture and one needs to look at the context & the larger picture in which they are applicable...
Also, often there are a set of A&Ms which are contradictory. In spite of the contradiction, they are both right. Again, one needs to understand the context and larger picture to go beyond the superficial prima facie contradiction.
It is one thing to know these A&Ms, and totally other to understand the nuances.
In due course of time, I intend to append a lot of examples to illustrate this.
In due course of time, I intend to append a lot of examples to illustrate this.
Was there already a #TripleBlind #TuringTest?
#ethics #ai #artificialintelligence
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_te…
#ethics #ai #artificialintelligence
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_te…
